Job 31
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1Eu fiz uma aliança com os meus olhos; como, então, olharia a virgem com desejo?
2Qual é a porção que tenho do Deus lá de cima, a herança do Todo Poderoso das alturas?
3Eu pensava que a calamidade fosse para os injustos e os desastres para os corruptos.
4Será que Deus não vê os meus caminhos e conta todos os meus passos?
5Se eu andei em falsidade, se o meu pé se apressou para o engano,
6que Deus me pese numa balança para que saiba da minha integridade.
7Se o meu passo se desviou do caminho certo, se o meu coração seguiu as atrações dos meus olhos, se alguma mancha de impureza se apegou às minhas mãos,
8de fato, que outros comam o que plantei, inclusive, que a colheita seja arrancada das minhas plantações.
9Se o meu coração se atraiu por outra mulher, se espreitei à porta do próximo para tomar a sua esposa,
10então, que a minha esposa moa o grão de cereais de outro homem e que outros se deitem com ela.
11Certamente, isso seria um crime terrível; portanto, digno de castigo pelos juízes.
12Porque isso é fogo que consome tudo para o Sheol e que queimaria toda a minha colheita.
13Se ignorei o direito de justiça do meu servo ou da minha serva, quando reclamaram.
14O que farei quando Deus Se levantar para me julgar? Quando Ele vier me julgar, como Lhe responderia?
15Aquele que me formou no ventre não lhes formou também? Não é O mesmo que nos moldou no ventre?
16Se eu neguei o desejo dos pobres, ou, se causei lágrimas nos olhos da viúva,
17ou, se eu comi sozinho e não permiti que os órfãos comessem também.
18No entanto, os órfãos cresceram comigo na minha juventude como se fosse com um pai e cuidei da mãe deles, uma viúva, do ventre da minha própria mãe.
19Se vi alguém perecendo por falta de cobertor, ou um homem necessitado de roupa;
20e, se seu coração não me abençou porque não se aqueceu com a lã do meu rebanho,
21se levantei a minha mão contra os órfãos, porque vi o meu sustento no portão da cidade, então, trazei as acusações contra mim!
22Que meu ombro caia das minhas costas e que o meu braço aparte-se das juntas.
23Porque a calamidade de Deus seria um terror para mim; por causa da Sua majestade, eu não faria nenhuma destas coisas.
24Se fiz do ouro a minha confiança, e, se disse ao ouro puro: 'Tu és a minha segurança';
25se me alegrei por causa da minha grande riqueza, pelas muitas posses que as minhas mãos obtiveram, então, trazei as acusações contra mim!
26Se vi o sol quando brilhou, ou a lua caminhando em seu fulgor,
27e, se o meu coração foi atraído secretamente, para que a minha boca beijasse a minha mão em adoração a eles —
28isso também seria um crime a ser punido pelos juízes, pois teria negado ao Deus que está no alto.
29Se me alegrei com a ruína do inimigo ou celebrei o desastre que lhe tomou,
30certamente, não permiti que a minha boca pecasse por desejar maldição sobre a vida dele.
31Se o homem da minha tenda nunca tivesse dito: 'Quem encontrará alguém que não foi saciado com os alimentos de Jó?'
32(Até os estrangeiros nunca tiveram que ficar ao relento, pois sempre abri minha porta aos viajantes), se não fui assim, então, trazei as acusações contra mim!
33Se como ser humano, ocultei os meus pecados, escondendo a minha culpa nas minhas túnicas,
34(porque temi a grande multidão e porque o desprezo das famílias me aterrorizou, para que me mantivesse calado e não mais saísse), então, trazei as acusações contra mim!
35Ó, quem me dera se tivesse alguém para me ouvir, esta é a minha declaração da verdade; que o Altíssimo me responda! Se eu tivesse apenas a nota escrita pelos meus inimigos!
36Certamente, a exibiria abertamente nos meus ombros. A usaria como uma coroa.
37Eu Lhe declararia os meus passos, como um príncipe seguro, iria até Ele.
38Se a minha terra clamar contra mim e os seus canais chorarem juntos,
39se consumi os seus frutos sem pagar ou causei a perda da vida dos donos,
40que cresçam espinhos ao invés do trigo e a erva ao invés da cevada". Acabaram-se as palavras de Jó.
Reina-Valera 1909
1HICE pacto con mis ojos: ¿cómo pues había yo de pensar en virgen?
2Porque ¿qué galardón me daría de arriba Dios, y qué heredad el Omnipotente de las alturas?
3¿No hay quebrantamiento para el impío, y extrañamiento para los que obran iniquidad?
4¿No ve él mis caminos, y cuenta todos mis pasos?
5Si anduve con mentira, y si mi pie se apresuró á engaño,
6Péseme Dios en balanzas de justicia, y conocerá mi integridad.
7Si mis pasos se apartaron del camino, y si mi corazón se fué tras mis ojos, y si algo se apegó á mis manos,
8Siembre yo, y otro coma, y mis verduras sean arrancadas.
9Si fué mi corazón engañado acerca de mujer, y si estuve acechando á la puerta de mi prójimo:
10Muela para otro mi mujer, y sobre ella otros se encorven.
11Porque es maldad é iniquidad, que han de castigar los jueces.
12Porque es fuego que devoraría hasta el sepulcro, y desarraigaría toda mi hacienda.
13Si hubiera tenido en poco el derecho de mi siervo y de mi sierva, cuando ellos pleitearan conmigo,
14¿Qué haría yo cuando Dios se levantase? y cuando él visitara, ¿qué le respondería yo?
15El que en el vientre me hizo á mí, ¿no lo hizo á él? ¿y no nos dispuso uno mismo en la matriz?
16Si estorbé el contento de los pobres, é hice desfallecer los ojos de la viuda;
17Y si comí mi bocado solo, y no comió de él el huérfano;
18(Porque desde mi mocedad creció conmigo como con padre, y desde el vientre de mi madre fuí guía de la viuda;)
19Si he visto que pereciera alguno sin vestido, y al menesteroso sin cobertura;
20Si no me bendijeron sus lomos, y del vellón de mis ovejas se calentaron;
21Si alcé contra el huérfano mi mano, aunque viese que me ayudarían en la puerta;
22Mi espalda se caiga de mi hombro, y mi brazo sea quebrado de mi canilla.
23Porque temí el castigo de Dios, contra cuya alteza yo no tendría poder.
24Si puse en oro mi esperanza, y dije al oro: Mi confianza eres tú;
25Si me alegré de que mi hacienda se multiplicase, y de que mi mano hallase mucho;
26Si he mirado al sol cuando resplandecía, y á la luna cuando iba hermosa,
27Y mi corazón se engañó en secreto, y mi boca besó mi mano:
28Esto también fuera maldad juzgada; porque habría negado al Dios soberano.
29Si me alegré en el quebrantamiento del que me aborrecía, y me regocijé cuando le halló el mal;
30(Que ni aun entregué al pecado mi paladar, pidiendo maldición para su alma;)
31Cuando mis domésticos decían: ¡Quién nos diese de su carne! nunca nos hartaríamos.
32El extranjero no tenía fuera la noche; mis puertas abría al caminante.
33Si encubrí, como los hombres mis prevaricaciones, escondiendo en mi seno mi iniquidad;
34Porque quebrantaba á la gran multitud, y el menosprecio de las familias me atemorizó, y callé, y no salí de mi puerta:
35¡Quién me diera quien me oyese! He aquí mi impresión es que el Omnipotente testificaría por mí, aunque mi adversario me hiciera el proceso.
36Ciertamente yo lo llevaría sobre mi hombro, y me lo ataría en lugar de corona.
37Yo le contaría el número de mis pasos, y como príncipe me llegaría á él.
38Si mi tierra clama contra mí, y lloran todos sus surcos;
39Si comí su sustancia sin dinero, ó afligí el alma de sus dueños;
40En lugar de trigo me nazcan abrojos, y espinas en lugar de cebada. Acábanse las palabras de Job.
King James Version
1I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
2For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
3Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
4Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
5If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
6Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.
7If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
8Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
9If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;
10Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
11For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
12For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
13If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
14What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
15Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
16If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
17Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
18(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;)
19If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
20If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
22Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
23For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
24If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
25If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
26If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
27And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
28This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
29If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
30Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
31If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
32The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.
33If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
34Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
35Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
36Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
37I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
38If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
40Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
World English Bible
1“I made a covenant with my eyes; how then should I look lustfully at a young woman?
2For what is the portion from God above, and the heritage from the Almighty on high?
3Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?
4Doesn’t he see my ways, and count all my steps?
5“If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried to deceit
6(let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity);
7if my step has turned out of the way, if my heart walked after my eyes, if any defilement has stuck to my hands,
8then let me sow, and let another eat. Yes, let the produce of my field be rooted out.
9“If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door,
10then let my wife grind for another, and let others sleep with her.
11For that would be a heinous crime. Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges,
12for it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.
13“If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me,
14what then will I do when God rises up? When he visits, what will I answer him?
15Didn’t he who made me in the womb make him? Didn’t one fashion us in the womb?
16“If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
17or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it
18(no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, I have guided her from my mother’s womb);
19if I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;
20if his heart hasn’t blessed me, if he hasn’t been warmed with my sheep’s fleece;
21if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate;
22then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, and my arm be broken from the bone.
23For calamity from God is a terror to me. Because of his majesty, I can do nothing.
24“If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, ‘You are my confidence;’
25If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;
26if I have seen the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor,
27and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth;
28this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I would have denied the God who is above.
29“If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him
30(I have certainly not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse);
31if the men of my tent have not said, ‘Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?’
32(the foreigner has not camped in the street, but I have opened my doors to the traveler);
33if like Adam I have covered my transgressions, by hiding my iniquity in my heart,
34because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and didn’t go out of the door—
35oh that I had one to hear me! Behold, here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me! Let the accuser write my indictment!
36Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, and I would bind it to me as a crown.
37I would declare to him the number of my steps. I would go near to him like a prince.
38If my land cries out against me, and its furrows weep together;
39if I have eaten its fruits without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life,
40let briers grow instead of wheat, and stinkweed instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.